The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.

Exploring exotic deserts is a whole another adventure for those who want to experience the vastness and beauty of the arid ...

If soaking in healing hot springs and slathering mud on your back sounds like your idea of a good time, head to this ...

An image captured by NASA’s Terra satellite is giving us a new and stunning look at how a rare snowfall cloaked the Atacama ...

Complex organic molecules that could be the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it have been discovered in a disk of gas and dust swirling around an infant star.

The Atacama desert is located in the north of Chile. It stretches over a 1,600-kilometer-long strip of land west of the Andes Mountains.

By 2007, the 25,000 residents of a Chilean mining town had moved out of their homes due to concerns about pollution levels from one of the largest copper mines in the world. Today, the ghost town of ...

Deserts provide some of the most unique and treacherous trekking experiences on the globe. These vast, barren lands are not just visually magnificent but also provide a sense of seclusion and ...

Located along the northern coast of Chile in the Atacama Desert, Arica receives an average annual rainfall of only 0.76 millimeters (0.03 inches). In some years, the city may go without any ...

The 105,000 square kilometre Atacama Desert in northern Chile is considered the driest hot desert in the world. It is therefore an extremely relevant and suitable location for research into this ...

In the driest place on Earth. Desert Rose Something magical is happening in the barren landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile, considered the driest place on our planet with annual precipitation ...